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WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not in DISCIPLINE IS THE PROBLEM Discipline Is The Problem — Not The Solution. By Alfie Kohn. When things in my classroom hit bottom, there were days when I was convinced that the kids stayed up nights plotting ways to make my life miserable. It was only later that I realized their disruptions were basically just intended to WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. IS COMPETITION EVER APPROPRIATE IN A COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM I have explored those harms at book length (Kohn, 1992), but a very brief review seems appropriate as a context for answering the question posed at the top of this page. 1. Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth. The more we care about helping children to feel good about themselves — and especially to maintain that core of FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
PUNISHED BY REWARDS? A CONVERSATION WITH ALFIE KOHN Volume 53 Number 1 September 1995 Strengthening Student Engagement Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn Ron Brandt Inclassrooms where
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not in DISCIPLINE IS THE PROBLEM Discipline Is The Problem — Not The Solution. By Alfie Kohn. When things in my classroom hit bottom, there were days when I was convinced that the kids stayed up nights plotting ways to make my life miserable. It was only later that I realized their disruptions were basically just intended to WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. IS COMPETITION EVER APPROPRIATE IN A COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM I have explored those harms at book length (Kohn, 1992), but a very brief review seems appropriate as a context for answering the question posed at the top of this page. 1. Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth. The more we care about helping children to feel good about themselves — and especially to maintain that core of FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
PUNISHED BY REWARDS? A CONVERSATION WITH ALFIE KOHN Volume 53 Number 1 September 1995 Strengthening Student Engagement Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn Ron Brandt Inclassrooms where
BOOKS PAGE - ALFIE KOHN Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason. (Atria Books, 2005) (Tantor Audio, 2016) Begins with the question “What do children need – and how can we meet those needs?” rather than “How can we get kids to do whatever we tell them?”. Helps parents to move from techniques that emphasize control (and conditionalacceptance) to
WHAT WORKS BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL MATH What Works Better than Traditional Math Instruction Why the Basics Just Don’t Add Up. By Alfie Kohn. The still-dominant Old School model begins with the assumption that kids primarily need to learn “math facts”: the ability to say “42” as soon as they hear the stimulus “6 x 7,” and a familiarity with step-by-step procedures (sometimes called algorithms) for all kinds of problems IT'S NOT ABOUT BEHAVIOR It’s Not About Behavior By Alfie Kohn. Plenty of policies and programs limit our ability to do right by children. But perhaps the most restrictive virtual straitjacket that educators face is behaviorism — a psychological theory that would have us focus exclusively on what can be seen and measured, that ignores or dismisses inner experience and reduces wholes to parts. UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. THE CASE AGAINST COMPETITION The Case Against Competition. By Alfie Kohn. When it comes to competition, we Americans typically recognize only two legitimate positions: enthusiastic support and qualified support. The first view holds that the more we immerse our children (and ourselves) in rivalry, the better. Competition builds character and producesexcellence.
DOES HOMEWORK IMPROVE LEARNING? Cooper (1989a, p. 161), too, describes the quality of homework research as “far from ideal” for a number of reasons, including the relative rarity of random-assignment studies. 23. Dressel, p. 6. 24. For a more detailed discussion about (and review of researchregarding) the
CHALLENGING BEHAVIORIST DOGMA Challenging Behaviorist Dogma: Myths About Money and Motivation. By Alfie Kohn. The idea that dangling money and other goodies in front of people will “motivate” them to work harder is the conventional wisdom in our society, and particularly among compensationspecialists.
ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds THE DOWNSIDE OF "GRIT" (COMMENTARY) The Downside of “Grit” What Really Happens When Kids Are Pushed to Be More Persistent? By Alfie Kohn FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” By Alfie Kohn. NOTE: An abridged version of this article was published in Parents magazine in May 2000 with the title “Hooked on Praise.”For a more detailed look at the issues discussed here — as well as a comprehensive list of citations to relevant research — please see the books Punished by Rewards and Unconditional Parenting. HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not in DISCIPLINE IS THE PROBLEM Discipline Is The Problem — Not The Solution. By Alfie Kohn. When things in my classroom hit bottom, there were days when I was convinced that the kids stayed up nights plotting ways to make my life miserable. It was only later that I realized their disruptions were basically just intended to WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. IS COMPETITION EVER APPROPRIATE IN A COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM I have explored those harms at book length (Kohn, 1992), but a very brief review seems appropriate as a context for answering the question posed at the top of this page. 1. Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth. The more we care about helping children to feel good about themselves — and especially to maintain that core of FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
PUNISHED BY REWARDS? A CONVERSATION WITH ALFIE KOHN Volume 53 Number 1 September 1995 Strengthening Student Engagement Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn Ron Brandt Inclassrooms where
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not in DISCIPLINE IS THE PROBLEM Discipline Is The Problem — Not The Solution. By Alfie Kohn. When things in my classroom hit bottom, there were days when I was convinced that the kids stayed up nights plotting ways to make my life miserable. It was only later that I realized their disruptions were basically just intended to WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. IS COMPETITION EVER APPROPRIATE IN A COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM I have explored those harms at book length (Kohn, 1992), but a very brief review seems appropriate as a context for answering the question posed at the top of this page. 1. Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth. The more we care about helping children to feel good about themselves — and especially to maintain that core of FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
PUNISHED BY REWARDS? A CONVERSATION WITH ALFIE KOHN Volume 53 Number 1 September 1995 Strengthening Student Engagement Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn Ron Brandt Inclassrooms where
BOOKS PAGE - ALFIE KOHN Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason. (Atria Books, 2005) (Tantor Audio, 2016) Begins with the question “What do children need – and how can we meet those needs?” rather than “How can we get kids to do whatever we tell them?”. Helps parents to move from techniques that emphasize control (and conditionalacceptance) to
WHAT WORKS BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL MATH What Works Better than Traditional Math Instruction Why the Basics Just Don’t Add Up. By Alfie Kohn. The still-dominant Old School model begins with the assumption that kids primarily need to learn “math facts”: the ability to say “42” as soon as they hear the stimulus “6 x 7,” and a familiarity with step-by-step procedures (sometimes called algorithms) for all kinds of problems IT'S NOT ABOUT BEHAVIOR It’s Not About Behavior By Alfie Kohn. Plenty of policies and programs limit our ability to do right by children. But perhaps the most restrictive virtual straitjacket that educators face is behaviorism — a psychological theory that would have us focus exclusively on what can be seen and measured, that ignores or dismisses inner experience and reduces wholes to parts. UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. THE CASE AGAINST COMPETITION The Case Against Competition. By Alfie Kohn. When it comes to competition, we Americans typically recognize only two legitimate positions: enthusiastic support and qualified support. The first view holds that the more we immerse our children (and ourselves) in rivalry, the better. Competition builds character and producesexcellence.
DOES HOMEWORK IMPROVE LEARNING? Cooper (1989a, p. 161), too, describes the quality of homework research as “far from ideal” for a number of reasons, including the relative rarity of random-assignment studies. 23. Dressel, p. 6. 24. For a more detailed discussion about (and review of researchregarding) the
CHALLENGING BEHAVIORIST DOGMA Challenging Behaviorist Dogma: Myths About Money and Motivation. By Alfie Kohn. The idea that dangling money and other goodies in front of people will “motivate” them to work harder is the conventional wisdom in our society, and particularly among compensationspecialists.
ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds THE DOWNSIDE OF "GRIT" (COMMENTARY) The Downside of “Grit” What Really Happens When Kids Are Pushed to Be More Persistent? By Alfie Kohn FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” By Alfie Kohn. NOTE: An abridged version of this article was published in Parents magazine in May 2000 with the title “Hooked on Praise.”For a more detailed look at the issues discussed here — as well as a comprehensive list of citations to relevant research — please see the books Punished by Rewards and Unconditional Parenting. HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not in DISCIPLINE IS THE PROBLEM Discipline Is The Problem — Not The Solution. By Alfie Kohn. When things in my classroom hit bottom, there were days when I was convinced that the kids stayed up nights plotting ways to make my life miserable. It was only later that I realized their disruptions were basically just intended to WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. IS COMPETITION EVER APPROPRIATE IN A COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM I have explored those harms at book length (Kohn, 1992), but a very brief review seems appropriate as a context for answering the question posed at the top of this page. 1. Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth. The more we care about helping children to feel good about themselves — and especially to maintain that core of FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
PUNISHED BY REWARDS? A CONVERSATION WITH ALFIE KOHN Volume 53 Number 1 September 1995 Strengthening Student Engagement Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn Ron Brandt Inclassrooms where
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not in DISCIPLINE IS THE PROBLEM Discipline Is The Problem — Not The Solution. By Alfie Kohn. When things in my classroom hit bottom, there were days when I was convinced that the kids stayed up nights plotting ways to make my life miserable. It was only later that I realized their disruptions were basically just intended to WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. IS COMPETITION EVER APPROPRIATE IN A COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM I have explored those harms at book length (Kohn, 1992), but a very brief review seems appropriate as a context for answering the question posed at the top of this page. 1. Competition is to self-esteem as sugar is to teeth. The more we care about helping children to feel good about themselves — and especially to maintain that core of FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
PUNISHED BY REWARDS? A CONVERSATION WITH ALFIE KOHN Volume 53 Number 1 September 1995 Strengthening Student Engagement Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn Ron Brandt Inclassrooms where
BOOKS PAGE - ALFIE KOHN Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason. (Atria Books, 2005) (Tantor Audio, 2016) Begins with the question “What do children need – and how can we meet those needs?” rather than “How can we get kids to do whatever we tell them?”. Helps parents to move from techniques that emphasize control (and conditionalacceptance) to
WHAT WORKS BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL MATH What Works Better than Traditional Math Instruction Why the Basics Just Don’t Add Up. By Alfie Kohn. The still-dominant Old School model begins with the assumption that kids primarily need to learn “math facts”: the ability to say “42” as soon as they hear the stimulus “6 x 7,” and a familiarity with step-by-step procedures (sometimes called algorithms) for all kinds of problems IT'S NOT ABOUT BEHAVIOR It’s Not About Behavior By Alfie Kohn. Plenty of policies and programs limit our ability to do right by children. But perhaps the most restrictive virtual straitjacket that educators face is behaviorism — a psychological theory that would have us focus exclusively on what can be seen and measured, that ignores or dismisses inner experience and reduces wholes to parts. UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. THE CASE AGAINST COMPETITION The Case Against Competition. By Alfie Kohn. When it comes to competition, we Americans typically recognize only two legitimate positions: enthusiastic support and qualified support. The first view holds that the more we immerse our children (and ourselves) in rivalry, the better. Competition builds character and producesexcellence.
DOES HOMEWORK IMPROVE LEARNING? Cooper (1989a, p. 161), too, describes the quality of homework research as “far from ideal” for a number of reasons, including the relative rarity of random-assignment studies. 23. Dressel, p. 6. 24. For a more detailed discussion about (and review of researchregarding) the
CHALLENGING BEHAVIORIST DOGMA Challenging Behaviorist Dogma: Myths About Money and Motivation. By Alfie Kohn. The idea that dangling money and other goodies in front of people will “motivate” them to work harder is the conventional wisdom in our society, and particularly among compensationspecialists.
ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds THE DOWNSIDE OF "GRIT" (COMMENTARY) The Downside of “Grit” What Really Happens When Kids Are Pushed to Be More Persistent? By Alfie Kohn FIVE REASONS TO STOP SAYING "GOOD JOB!" (**) Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” By Alfie Kohn. NOTE: An abridged version of this article was published in Parents magazine in May 2000 with the title “Hooked on Praise.”For a more detailed look at the issues discussed here — as well as a comprehensive list of citations to relevant research — please see the books Punished by Rewards and Unconditional Parenting. HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the nextPSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE PANDEMIC PIVOT
3. Grades. There were excellent reasons, based on fairness, for both K-12 schools and colleges to shift to pass/fail grading — or suspend grades altogether — during the pandemic. There are equally excellent reasons, grounded in research about learning and motivation, to eliminate grades permanently: Students led to focus on snagging an Aor
TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. COALITION FOR AUTHENTIC REFORM IN EDUCATION (CARE) This model preserves the twin Education Reform goals of excellence and equity and leads to even greater accountability for schools in assisting all students to learn at high levels. CARE’s Proposed System of Accountability. 1) Local authentic assessments that are gateways to graduation, approved by regional boards and based on theCommon Core
NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the nextPSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE PANDEMIC PIVOT
3. Grades. There were excellent reasons, based on fairness, for both K-12 schools and colleges to shift to pass/fail grading — or suspend grades altogether — during the pandemic. There are equally excellent reasons, grounded in research about learning and motivation, to eliminate grades permanently: Students led to focus on snagging an Aor
TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. COALITION FOR AUTHENTIC REFORM IN EDUCATION (CARE) This model preserves the twin Education Reform goals of excellence and equity and leads to even greater accountability for schools in assisting all students to learn at high levels. CARE’s Proposed System of Accountability. 1) Local authentic assessments that are gateways to graduation, approved by regional boards and based on theCommon Core
NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them.THE HOMEWORK MYTH
In this presentation, Alfie Kohn carefully reviews the usual defenses of homework and finds that none is actually supported by research, logic, or experience. He then offers half a dozen reasons to explain why we feel obligated to administer this modern cod liver oil even though there is no evidence that it’s necessary – and considerable WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
WHY WE SHOULD AVOID REWARDS EVEN FOR BORING TASKS Decreased interest is the likely result. Getting people to finish boring tasks more quickly (by promising a reward) simply is not worth it if in the process we turn potentially interesting tasks into boring ones. 3. The practice of rewarding people conveniently spares us from asking hard questions about why we are asking people to do things ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds GRADING: THE ISSUE IS NOT HOW BUT WHY (*) Grading The Issue Is Not How but Why. By Alfie Kohn. Why are we concerned with evaluating how well students are doing? The question of motive, as opposed to method, can lead us to rethink basic tenets of teaching and learning and to evaluate what students have done in a manner more consistent with our ultimate educational objectives. GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. STANDARDIZED TESTING AND ITS VICTIMS (**) Standardized Testing and Its Victims. By Alfie Kohn. Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole. (Of course, on “The Late, Late Show,” no one ever insists that the monster is really doing us a favor by making itsvictims
"HELICOPTER PARENTING" HYSTERIA SALON September 4, 2015 "Helicopter Parenting" Hysteria The Epidemic That Actually Isn't By Alfie Kohn Parents who are overly involved inthe lives of
FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the nextPSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE PANDEMIC PIVOT
3. Grades. There were excellent reasons, based on fairness, for both K-12 schools and colleges to shift to pass/fail grading — or suspend grades altogether — during the pandemic. There are equally excellent reasons, grounded in research about learning and motivation, to eliminate grades permanently: Students led to focus on snagging an Aor
TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. COALITION FOR AUTHENTIC REFORM IN EDUCATION (CARE) This model preserves the twin Education Reform goals of excellence and equity and leads to even greater accountability for schools in assisting all students to learn at high levels. CARE’s Proposed System of Accountability. 1) Local authentic assessments that are gateways to graduation, approved by regional boards and based on theCommon Core
NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the nextPSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE PANDEMIC PIVOT
3. Grades. There were excellent reasons, based on fairness, for both K-12 schools and colleges to shift to pass/fail grading — or suspend grades altogether — during the pandemic. There are equally excellent reasons, grounded in research about learning and motivation, to eliminate grades permanently: Students led to focus on snagging an Aor
TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. COALITION FOR AUTHENTIC REFORM IN EDUCATION (CARE) This model preserves the twin Education Reform goals of excellence and equity and leads to even greater accountability for schools in assisting all students to learn at high levels. CARE’s Proposed System of Accountability. 1) Local authentic assessments that are gateways to graduation, approved by regional boards and based on theCommon Core
NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them.THE HOMEWORK MYTH
In this presentation, Alfie Kohn carefully reviews the usual defenses of homework and finds that none is actually supported by research, logic, or experience. He then offers half a dozen reasons to explain why we feel obligated to administer this modern cod liver oil even though there is no evidence that it’s necessary – and considerable WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
WHY WE SHOULD AVOID REWARDS EVEN FOR BORING TASKS Decreased interest is the likely result. Getting people to finish boring tasks more quickly (by promising a reward) simply is not worth it if in the process we turn potentially interesting tasks into boring ones. 3. The practice of rewarding people conveniently spares us from asking hard questions about why we are asking people to do things ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds GRADING: THE ISSUE IS NOT HOW BUT WHY (*) Grading The Issue Is Not How but Why. By Alfie Kohn. Why are we concerned with evaluating how well students are doing? The question of motive, as opposed to method, can lead us to rethink basic tenets of teaching and learning and to evaluate what students have done in a manner more consistent with our ultimate educational objectives. GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. STANDARDIZED TESTING AND ITS VICTIMS (**) Standardized Testing and Its Victims. By Alfie Kohn. Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole. (Of course, on “The Late, Late Show,” no one ever insists that the monster is really doing us a favor by making itsvictims
"HELICOPTER PARENTING" HYSTERIA SALON September 4, 2015 "Helicopter Parenting" Hysteria The Epidemic That Actually Isn't By Alfie Kohn Parents who are overly involved inthe lives of
FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the nextPSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE PANDEMIC PIVOT
3. Grades. There were excellent reasons, based on fairness, for both K-12 schools and colleges to shift to pass/fail grading — or suspend grades altogether — during the pandemic. There are equally excellent reasons, grounded in research about learning and motivation, to eliminate grades permanently: Students led to focus on snagging an Aor
TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. COALITION FOR AUTHENTIC REFORM IN EDUCATION (CARE) This model preserves the twin Education Reform goals of excellence and equity and leads to even greater accountability for schools in assisting all students to learn at high levels. CARE’s Proposed System of Accountability. 1) Local authentic assessments that are gateways to graduation, approved by regional boards and based on theCommon Core
NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the nextPSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE PANDEMIC PIVOT
3. Grades. There were excellent reasons, based on fairness, for both K-12 schools and colleges to shift to pass/fail grading — or suspend grades altogether — during the pandemic. There are equally excellent reasons, grounded in research about learning and motivation, to eliminate grades permanently: Students led to focus on snagging an Aor
TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. COALITION FOR AUTHENTIC REFORM IN EDUCATION (CARE) This model preserves the twin Education Reform goals of excellence and equity and leads to even greater accountability for schools in assisting all students to learn at high levels. CARE’s Proposed System of Accountability. 1) Local authentic assessments that are gateways to graduation, approved by regional boards and based on theCommon Core
NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them.THE HOMEWORK MYTH
In this presentation, Alfie Kohn carefully reviews the usual defenses of homework and finds that none is actually supported by research, logic, or experience. He then offers half a dozen reasons to explain why we feel obligated to administer this modern cod liver oil even though there is no evidence that it’s necessary – and considerable WHAT'S THE REAL PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? By Alfie Kohn. Everyone knows why classroom management skills are considered a critical part of teacher training. The reason we need to minimize “misbehavior” and get students to show up, sit down, and pay attention is so we can teach them stuff. That proposition is so obvious that it’s rarely defended or even spelled out, except maybeon
WHY WE SHOULD AVOID REWARDS EVEN FOR BORING TASKS Decreased interest is the likely result. Getting people to finish boring tasks more quickly (by promising a reward) simply is not worth it if in the process we turn potentially interesting tasks into boring ones. 3. The practice of rewarding people conveniently spares us from asking hard questions about why we are asking people to do things ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she adds GRADING: THE ISSUE IS NOT HOW BUT WHY (*) Grading The Issue Is Not How but Why. By Alfie Kohn. Why are we concerned with evaluating how well students are doing? The question of motive, as opposed to method, can lead us to rethink basic tenets of teaching and learning and to evaluate what students have done in a manner more consistent with our ultimate educational objectives. GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. STANDARDIZED TESTING AND ITS VICTIMS (**) Standardized Testing and Its Victims. By Alfie Kohn. Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole. (Of course, on “The Late, Late Show,” no one ever insists that the monster is really doing us a favor by making itsvictims
"HELICOPTER PARENTING" HYSTERIA SALON September 4, 2015 "Helicopter Parenting" Hysteria The Epidemic That Actually Isn't By Alfie Kohn Parents who are overly involved inthe lives of
FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: THE CULT OF RIGOR AND THE LOSS OF JOY Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy. By Alfie Kohn “Why are our schools not places of joy?” This question, posed by John Goodlad exactly 20 years ago, was both a summary of his landmark study of American classrooms and a plea for his readers to realize that a place called school didn’t have to be as bleak as itwas.
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the next TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them.PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE HOMEWORK MYTH
In this presentation, Alfie Kohn carefully reviews the usual defenses of homework and finds that none is actually supported by research, logic, or experience. He then offers half a dozen reasons to explain why we feel obligated to administer this modern cod liver oil even though there is no evidence that it’s necessary – and considerable REWARDS ARE STILL BAD NEWS 25 YEARS LATER NEW YORK TIMES October 28, 2018 Rewards Are Still Bad News (25 Years Later) By Alfie Kohn [This is a slightly expanded version of the published article, which was titled "Science Confirms It: THE TROUBLE WITH "BACK-TO-BASICS" AND "TOUGHER STANDARDS The more we go “back to basics,” the worse things get. Thus, the notion that our schools have strayed from the old-fashioned teaching that used to be successful is dead wrong on two counts. First, old-fashioned methods weren’t all that successful in the past either. It may not be easy for us to admit, but those methods causedcountless
DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ANOTHER LOOK AT WORKPLACE INCENTIVES Another Look at Workplace Incentives. This short essay was written in 2002 as an invited contribution to an anthology. The author who had extended the invitation, a supporter of incentive systems, subsequently declined to publish it. Managers and consultants with a strong professional interest in continuing to use – or convincingothers to
HOME - ALFIE KOHNBOOKSARTICLESBLOGAUDIO/DVDSCHEDULETOPICS Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and hehas
INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM … AND Introduction to. What to Look for in a Classroom and Other Essays. By Alfie Kohn. From 1979 until 1985, I taught a course on existentialism to high school students. It was not my only teaching experience but it was far and away my favorite. Between terms, I fine-tuned the reading list and perfected the lectures, looking forward to the next TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO, CONSIDER WHAT WE BELIEVE To Change What We Do, Consider What We Believe By Alfie Kohn . Creativity — in education and in general — might be defined as the capacity to look at one thing and see something else. UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING Unconditional Parenting Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)(Tantor audio, 2016) Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?” — and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them.PSEUDOCHOICE
From Chapter 9: "Choices for Children" in Unconditional Parenting (Atria Books, 2005) Pseudochoice By Alfie Kohn Some parents and teachers talk about “choice” not inTHE HOMEWORK MYTH
In this presentation, Alfie Kohn carefully reviews the usual defenses of homework and finds that none is actually supported by research, logic, or experience. He then offers half a dozen reasons to explain why we feel obligated to administer this modern cod liver oil even though there is no evidence that it’s necessary – and considerable REWARDS ARE STILL BAD NEWS 25 YEARS LATER NEW YORK TIMES October 28, 2018 Rewards Are Still Bad News (25 Years Later) By Alfie Kohn [This is a slightly expanded version of the published article, which was titled "Science Confirms It: THE TROUBLE WITH "BACK-TO-BASICS" AND "TOUGHER STANDARDS The more we go “back to basics,” the worse things get. Thus, the notion that our schools have strayed from the old-fashioned teaching that used to be successful is dead wrong on two counts. First, old-fashioned methods weren’t all that successful in the past either. It may not be easy for us to admit, but those methods causedcountless
DO OUR EXPECTATIONS OF KIDS AIM TOO HIGH OR The tendency to underestimate kids — to overlook their often remarkable observations and solutions — is a common complaint of progressive educators and those who support a more child-centered approach to schooling. We don’t give kids their due! But the tendency to overestimate them, which extends well beyond math, is also worth our attention. ANOTHER LOOK AT WORKPLACE INCENTIVES Another Look at Workplace Incentives. This short essay was written in 2002 as an invited contribution to an anthology. The author who had extended the invitation, a supporter of incentive systems, subsequently declined to publish it. Managers and consultants with a strong professional interest in continuing to use – or convincingothers to
BOOKS PAGE - ALFIE KOHN Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason. (Atria Books, 2005) (Tantor Audio, 2016) Begins with the question “What do children need – and how can we meet those needs?” rather than “How can we get kids to do whatever we tell them?”. Helps parents to move from techniques that emphasize control (and conditionalacceptance) to
ALFIE KOHN - UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING One basic need all children have, Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to parenting such as punishments (including "time-outs"), rewards (including positive reinforcement), and other forms of control teach children that theyare loved
WHY WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON STUDENTS' "BEHAVIORS" To focus on changing how a student acts virtually guarantees the use of carrots and sticks, which manipulate actions. Or to put it the other way around, the techniques of applied behaviorism, like “positive reinforcement” and “logical consequences,” suggest a tacit reliance on behaviorist theory. Giving rewards (or“reinforcers
BEYOND DISCIPLINE
Beyond Discipline has earned the status of an education classic, a vital alternative to all the traditional manuals that consist of techniques for imposing control. For this 10th anniversary edition, Kohn adds a new afterword that expands on the book’s central themes and responds to questions from readers. THE TROUBLE WITH "BACK-TO-BASICS" AND "TOUGHER STANDARDS The more we go “back to basics,” the worse things get. Thus, the notion that our schools have strayed from the old-fashioned teaching that used to be successful is dead wrong on two counts. First, old-fashioned methods weren’t all that successful in the past either. It may not be easy for us to admit, but those methods causedcountless
THE SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN DESERVE Alfie Kohn, the author of critically acclaimed works on such subjects as competition and rewards, now turns the conventional wisdom about education on its head. In this landmark book, he shows how the “back-to-basics” philosophy of teaching treats children as passive receptacles into which forgettable facts are poured. GETTING RID OF GRADES: CASE STUDIES Getting Rid of Grades Case Studies By Alfie Kohn. Given that most schools still send home report cards with letter or number grades, and most teachers still put these letters or numbers on students’ individual assignments, you would never guess that most studies of the effects of grades find that they’re destructive in multiple ways. THE RISKS OF REWARDS The most compelling of these is that rewards cause people to lose interest in whatever they were rewarded for doing. This phenomenon, which has been demonstrated in scores of studies (Kohn, 1993), makes sense given that “motivation” is not a single characteristic that an individual possesses to a greater or lesser degree. NO CONTEST - ALFIE KOHN No Contest. By Alfie Kohn Long before anyone was talking about team-building or Theory Z — less than a decade after World War II, in fact – a sociologist named Peter Blau compared two groups of interviewers at a public employment agency. ON PUNISHMENT FOR BULLYING As Barbara Coloroso pointed out in her book The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander, punishment teaches the bully “to be more aggressive and hurtful. He will undoubtedly master the art of doing his bullying in ways that are sneaky or ‘under the radar’ of even the most observant and aware adults. More important,” she addsAlfie Kohn
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------------------------- ALFIE KOHN writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and he has been described in _Time_ magazine as “perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades testscores.”
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